JP5100755B2 - Threaded joints for steel pipes - Google Patents

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JP5100755B2
JP5100755B2 JP2009536098A JP2009536098A JP5100755B2 JP 5100755 B2 JP5100755 B2 JP 5100755B2 JP 2009536098 A JP2009536098 A JP 2009536098A JP 2009536098 A JP2009536098 A JP 2009536098A JP 5100755 B2 JP5100755 B2 JP 5100755B2
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本発明は、一般に油井やガス井の探査や生産に使用されるチュービングおよびケーシングを包含する油井管（oil country tubular goods、ＯＣＴＧ）、ライザー管、ならびにラインパイプなどの鋼管の接続に用いるねじ継手に関する。より詳しくは、本発明は、ねじ部に加えて、シール面およびショルダ面を有する、耐圧シール性に優れた鋼管用ねじ継手に関する。   The present invention relates to a threaded joint used for connecting steel pipes such as oil country tubular goods (OCTG), riser pipes, and line pipes, which generally include tubing and casings used for exploration and production of oil wells and gas wells. . More specifically, the present invention relates to a threaded joint for steel pipes having a seal surface and a shoulder surface in addition to a threaded portion and having excellent pressure-resistant sealability.

油井管やライザー管など産油産業設備に使用される鋼管の接続に広く使用されている鋼管用ねじ継手は、第１管状部材の端部に設けた雄ねじ要素であるピンと、第２管状部材の端部に設けた雌ねじ要素であるボックスとから構成され、いずれもテーパねじである雄ねじと雌ねじの嵌合により締結が行われる。   A threaded joint for steel pipes widely used for connecting steel pipes used in oil industry equipment such as oil well pipes and riser pipes is a pin that is a male thread element provided at the end of the first tubular member, and an end of the second tubular member. It is comprised from the box which is an internal thread element provided in the part, and all are fastened by the fitting of the external thread which is a taper screw, and the internal thread.

典型的には第１管状部材が油井管などのパイプであり、第２管状部材は別部材のカップリングである（この種の鋼管用ねじ継手をカップリング方式という）。その場合、ピンはパイプ両端に、ボックスはカップリングの両側にそれぞれ形成される。カップリングを使用せずに、パイプの一端の外面にピンを、他端の内面にボックスを形成したインテグラル方式の鋼管用ねじ継手もある。その場合には、第１管状部材は第１のパイプ、第２管状部材は第２のパイプとなる。   Typically, the first tubular member is a pipe such as an oil well pipe, and the second tubular member is a separate coupling (this type of threaded joint for steel pipes is called a coupling system). In that case, pins are formed on both ends of the pipe and boxes are formed on both sides of the coupling. There is also an integral type threaded joint for steel pipes in which a pin is formed on the outer surface of one end of the pipe and a box is formed on the inner surface of the other end without using a coupling. In that case, the first tubular member is a first pipe, and the second tubular member is a second pipe.

油井管の締結は、従来はＡＰＩ（米国石油協会）規格に規定された標準的なねじ継手が主に使用されてきた。しかし、近年、原油や天然ガスの掘削・生産環境が苛酷化しているため、プレミアムジョイントと呼ばれる高性能の特殊ねじ継手を使用することが増加している。   Conventionally, the standard threaded joint defined by API (American Petroleum Institute) standard has been mainly used for fastening the oil well pipe. However, in recent years, the drilling and production environment for crude oil and natural gas has become severe, and the use of high-performance special threaded joints called premium joints has increased.

プレミアムジョイントでは、ピンとボックスのそれぞれが、締付けを可能にするテーパねじに加えて、ねじ部近傍の周面に設けられたシール面と、継手の締付け中に当接ストッパの役目を担うショルダ面とを備える。ピンとボックスのシール面の間には干渉量と呼ばれる半径方向の締め代が設けられ、ピンとボックスのショルダ面同士が突き当たるまで継手を締め込むと、これら両部材のシール面同士が継手の全周にわたって密着して、金属−金属の直接接触によるシール（メタルシール）を形成する。ショルダ面は、締め付け時における当接ストッパの役割のほかに、継手に作用する圧縮荷重を負担する役目も担っている。   In the premium joint, each of the pin and the box has a taper screw that enables tightening, a seal surface provided on the peripheral surface near the threaded portion, and a shoulder surface that serves as a contact stopper during tightening of the joint. Is provided. There is a radial interference allowance called the amount of interference between the pin and the seal surface of the box, and when the joint is tightened until the shoulder surfaces of the pin and the box abut against each other, the seal surfaces of these two members are placed over the entire circumference of the joint. Adhere closely to form a metal-metal seal (metal seal). The shoulder surface has a role of bearing a compressive load acting on the joint in addition to the role of the contact stopper at the time of tightening.

図１は、カップリング形式の一般的なプレミアムジョイント型の鋼管用ねじ継手の模式的説明図であり、(Ａ)が全体図、(Ｂ)が部分拡大図である。この鋼管用ねじ継手は、図１(Ｂ)に示すように、パイプ端部に設けられた雄ねじ要素であるピン１と、カップリングの両側に設けられた対応する雌ねじ要素であるボックス２とを備える。ピン１は、外面に、テーパ雄ねじ１１と、雄ねじ１１に隣接して先端に設けられた、リップと呼ばれるねじ無し円筒衝突部分（以下、リップ部という）１２とを有する。リップ部１２は、その外周面にシール面１３を、端面にショルダ面１４を有する。シール面１３はピン先端に向かって径が漸減するテーパ面（円錐台面）となっている。   FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view of a coupling type general premium joint type threaded joint for steel pipes, in which (A) is an overall view and (B) is a partially enlarged view. As shown in FIG. 1 (B), this steel pipe threaded joint comprises a pin 1 which is a male screw element provided at the end of a pipe and a box 2 which is a corresponding female screw element provided on both sides of the coupling. Prepare. The pin 1 has, on the outer surface, a tapered male screw 11 and a screwless cylindrical collision portion (hereinafter referred to as a lip portion) 12 called a lip provided at the tip adjacent to the male screw 11. The lip portion 12 has a seal surface 13 on its outer peripheral surface and a shoulder surface 14 on its end surface. The seal surface 13 is a tapered surface (conical surface) whose diameter gradually decreases toward the tip of the pin.

相対するボックス２は、その内面に、テーパ雌ねじ２１、シール面２３、およびショルダ面２４を有しており、これらはそれぞれピン１のテーパ雄ねじ１１、シール面１３、およびショルダ面１４と螺合または当接することができる。   The opposing box 2 has a taper female screw 21, a seal surface 23, and a shoulder surface 24 on its inner surface, which are threadedly engaged with the taper male screw 11, the seal surface 13, and the shoulder surface 14 of the pin 1, respectively. Can abut.

端面がショルダ面となるリップ部は、図示のようにピンの先端部に設けることが多い。ショルダ面は、締め付けストッパ（トルクショルダ）の役割のほかに、継手に作用する圧縮荷重を負担する役目も担っている。   The lip portion whose end surface is the shoulder surface is often provided at the tip of the pin as shown. In addition to the role of a tightening stopper (torque shoulder), the shoulder surface also has a role of bearing a compressive load acting on the joint.

垂直井が主流であった時代では、鋼管用ねじ継手は、それに連結された管の重さによる引張荷重に耐えることができ、かつその内部を通過する高圧流体の漏洩を防止できれば十分に機能できていた。しかし、近年は、深井戸化が進み、かつ地中で坑井が屈曲する傾斜井や水平井が増加してきていること、海洋や極地など劣悪な環境での井戸の開発が増加していることなどから、鋼管用ねじ継手には、特に内外圧力の存在下での耐圧縮性能やシール性能の向上が強く求められている。   In the era when vertical wells were the mainstream, threaded joints for steel pipes can function satisfactorily if they can withstand the tensile load due to the weight of the pipes connected to them and prevent the leakage of high-pressure fluid that passes through them. It was. However, in recent years, deep wells have progressed, and inclined wells and horizontal wells where wells bend in the ground have increased, and wells have been developed in poor environments such as the ocean and polar regions. For these reasons, there is a strong demand for threaded joints for steel pipes, particularly in improving compression resistance and sealing performance in the presence of internal and external pressures.

上述した従来のプレミアムジョイントに外圧が作用した場合、作用外圧は、ねじのすき間を伝わって、シール面の直前の図１(Ｂ)に３１で示す部位まで浸透する。リップ部１２は、管本体に比べて肉厚がずっと薄いため、浸透外圧による縮径変形を受けることがある。そのため、外圧が高くなると、シール面にすき間が生じて、漏洩、すなわち外部流体が管体内部に侵入する状況、が発生する。   When an external pressure is applied to the above-described conventional premium joint, the external pressure is transmitted through the gap of the screw and penetrates to a portion indicated by 31 in FIG. 1 (B) immediately before the seal surface. Since the lip portion 12 is much thinner than the tube body, the lip portion 12 may be subjected to reduced diameter deformation due to osmotic external pressure. For this reason, when the external pressure increases, a gap occurs in the seal surface, and leakage, that is, a situation in which an external fluid enters the inside of the tube body occurs.

また、水平井や傾斜井に油井管を埋設するときなど、プレミアムジョイントに圧縮荷重が作用した場合、ほとんどの継手では、挿入容易性を考慮して雄ねじと雌ねじの隙間を比較的大きくとるため、ねじが示す圧縮荷重の負担能力は小さい。そのため、圧縮荷重の大部分はショルダが負担する。しかし、リップ部の先端のショルダ面の肉厚（圧縮荷重の受圧面積）は通常、管本体より非常に小さいため、例えば、管本体の降伏強度の４０〜６０％に相当するような圧縮荷重が作用すると、大抵のプレミアムジョイントではリップ部が大きく塑性変形してしまい、隣接するシール面の密封性能を著しく低下させてしまう。   In addition, when compressive loads are applied to premium joints, such as when oil well pipes are buried in horizontal wells or inclined wells, most joints take a relatively large gap between male and female threads in consideration of ease of insertion. The load capacity of the compression load shown by the screw is small. Therefore, most of the compressive load is borne by the shoulder. However, since the thickness of the shoulder surface at the tip of the lip portion (pressure receiving area of the compressive load) is usually much smaller than that of the pipe body, for example, a compressive load corresponding to 40-60% of the yield strength of the pipe body is applied. If it acts, in most premium joints, the lip portion is greatly plastically deformed, and the sealing performance of the adjacent sealing surfaces is significantly reduced.

外圧に対する継手のシール性（外圧シール性）を高めるには、ピン先端のリップ部の縮径変形に対する抵抗を高めるように、その剛性を高くすればよい。この目的で、スウェジと呼ばれる、管端絞り加工を予め施して、リップ部の肉厚を厚くする方法がよく用いられる。   In order to improve the sealing performance of the joint against external pressure (external pressure sealing performance), the rigidity may be increased so as to increase the resistance to the reduced diameter deformation of the lip portion at the tip of the pin. For this purpose, a method called pipe swaging, in which pipe end drawing is performed in advance to increase the thickness of the lip portion, is often used.

しかし、スウェジ加工量があまりに大きいと、ケーシングの場合は、その内部に挿入される管がスウェジ部でひっかかってしまったりすることがあり、チュービングの場合は、スウェジ部によりチュービング内部を流れる原油等の流体に乱流が発生して、エロージョンの原因となることがある。そのため、スウェジ加工によるピンリップ肉厚の増加量はあまり大きくできない。   However, if the amount of swage processing is too large, in the case of a casing, the pipe inserted into the casing may get caught in the swage part, and in the case of tubing, such as crude oil that flows inside the tubing by the swage part. Turbulence may occur in the fluid and cause erosion. For this reason, the amount of increase in pin lip wall thickness due to swaging is not very large.

ピン先端の剛性を高めてシール性を向上させる別の従来技術が、下記特許文献１および２に記載されている。これらの特許は、ピンのシール面の先端にボックスと接触しない円筒部を付設して、ピンのシール面周辺の縮径変形に対する剛性を高め、かつ継手のシール面どうしを均一に接触させるようにすることにより、シール性を向上させる技術を開示している。   Another conventional technique for improving the sealing performance by increasing the rigidity of the pin tip is described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 below. In these patents, a cylindrical portion that does not contact the box is attached to the tip of the seal surface of the pin so as to increase the rigidity against diameter deformation around the seal surface of the pin, and the seal surfaces of the joint are made to contact uniformly. Thus, a technique for improving the sealing performance is disclosed.

管継手には、たとえスウェジ加工によりリップ部を厚肉にしても、限られた肉厚内にテーパねじ、シール面、およびショルダ面を設けなければならない。しかし、上記特許文献に開示された技術では、ピン先端をボックスと突き当てないため、リップ以外の個所にショルダ面を設置しなければならず、リップは必然的に薄肉にならざるを得ない。そのため、外圧により起こるリップの縮径に耐えるようにリップの剛性を上げるには限界があり、外圧シール性をそれほど高くすることはできない。また、ショルダ面も十分な肉厚にできないため、高い耐圧縮性能が得られず、圧縮と外圧の複合荷重下でのシール性能は低い。   The pipe joint must be provided with a taper screw, a seal surface, and a shoulder surface within a limited thickness even if the lip portion is thickened by swaging. However, in the technique disclosed in the above patent document, since the tip of the pin does not abut against the box, a shoulder surface must be installed at a place other than the lip, and the lip inevitably becomes thin. Therefore, there is a limit to increasing the rigidity of the lip so as to withstand the lip diameter reduction caused by the external pressure, and the external pressure sealing performance cannot be increased so much. In addition, since the shoulder surface cannot be made sufficiently thick, high compression resistance cannot be obtained, and the sealing performance under a combined load of compression and external pressure is low.

下記特許文献３には、図２に示すように、ピン１のシール面１３と端面ショルダ面１４との間に、延長されたリップ部であるノーズ部１５を設けた鋼管用ねじ継手が提案されている。ピン１のノーズ部１５はボックス２の対向する部分と接触していない非接触領域となっている。一方、ピンとボックスのシール面１３、２３ならびにショルダ面１４、２４は互いに当接している。ピン１のリップ部を延長して、ピンのシール面１３の先端側にボックスと接触しない外面が円筒形状（外径が一定）のノーズ部１５を設けることにより、限られた管肉厚の中でリップ部の肉厚、従って、ショルダ面およびシール面の肉厚、を大きくすることができ、管ネジ継手の耐圧縮性能と外圧シール性を著しく向上させることができる。   Patent Document 3 below proposes a steel pipe threaded joint in which a nose portion 15 which is an extended lip portion is provided between a sealing surface 13 and an end shoulder surface 14 of a pin 1 as shown in FIG. ing. The nose portion 15 of the pin 1 is a non-contact region that is not in contact with the opposing portion of the box 2. On the other hand, the seal surfaces 13 and 23 and the shoulder surfaces 14 and 24 of the pin and the box are in contact with each other. By extending the lip portion of the pin 1 and providing a nose portion 15 having a cylindrical outer shape (constant outer diameter) on the distal end side of the pin sealing surface 13 and having a limited tube thickness Thus, the thickness of the lip portion, and hence the thickness of the shoulder surface and the sealing surface, can be increased, and the compression resistance and external pressure sealing performance of the pipe threaded joint can be remarkably improved.

なお、図２に示したねじ継手では、雄ねじ１１がシール面１３にできるだけ近づくように延長する目的で、ボックスには円周グルーブ３２を設けて、ピンの先端側の雄ねじがボックスのシール面近傍に位置する雌ねじと噛み合わないようにしている。   In the threaded joint shown in FIG. 2, a circumferential groove 32 is provided in the box for the purpose of extending the male screw 11 as close as possible to the sealing surface 13, and the male screw on the tip end side of the pin is in the vicinity of the sealing surface of the box. It is made not to mesh with the female screw located in the position.

特許文献３に提案されているような、ピンのシール面の先端側に非接触領域を有する鋼管用ねじ継手は、ねじ継手に内圧または外圧がかかった状態で引張または圧縮荷重が負荷されても十分なシール性能および耐圧縮性を示す。しかし、ピン先端に向かって外径が漸減するテーパ形状を有するシール面の先端側に比較的長いノーズ部を有するため、ピンの先端が継手締結時にボックスに当たったり、あるいはその前に他の物体と衝突すると、ピン先端が変形して外側に膨らみ、ピンのそれ以上の締付けが不可能になったり、あるいは挿入と締付けは可能であっても、ピン先端の膨らみによってシール面の密着性が阻害され、鋼管用ねじ継手の気密性（シール性能）が阻害される可能性がある。   A steel pipe threaded joint having a non-contact region on the tip side of the pin seal surface as proposed in Patent Document 3 is applied even when a tensile or compressive load is applied to the threaded joint with internal or external pressure applied. Shows sufficient sealing performance and compression resistance. However, since it has a relatively long nose on the tip side of the sealing surface having a taper shape whose outer diameter gradually decreases toward the tip of the pin, the tip of the pin hits the box when the joint is fastened, or other object before that The tip of the pin deforms and bulges outward, making it impossible to tighten the pin any more, or even if insertion and tightening are possible, the swelling of the pin tip impairs the seal surface adhesion. As a result, the airtightness (seal performance) of the threaded joint for steel pipes may be hindered.

特に図２に１６、２６で示すように、内部を流れる流体の乱流を防止する目的で、ピンとボックスのショルダ面付近の内周面を面取りした場合には、ノーズ部先端の肉厚が薄くなるので、ボックスとの衝突によるピン先端の変形はより起こり易くなる。   In particular, as shown by 16 and 26 in FIG. 2, when the inner peripheral surface near the shoulder surface of the pin and the box is chamfered for the purpose of preventing the turbulent flow of the fluid flowing inside, the thickness of the tip of the nose portion is thin. Therefore, the deformation of the pin tip due to the collision with the box is more likely to occur.

また、ピン先端のノーズ部が長いため、ピンを挿入する場合の挿入角度ずれにより、ボックスのシール面を傷つけてしまう危険性もある。さらに、ピン先端の外周面が実質的に円筒面であると、ボックス軸に対してピン軸がずれた場合に、そのずれを修正するようなピン挿入方向のガイドが得られない。
米国特許第４,６２４,４８８号 米国特許第４,７９５,２００号 ＷＯ２００４／１０９１３３号 Further, since the nose portion at the tip of the pin is long, there is also a risk that the sealing surface of the box may be damaged due to a shift in the insertion angle when the pin is inserted. Further, when the outer peripheral surface of the tip of the pin is substantially a cylindrical surface, when the pin axis is deviated from the box axis, a guide in the pin insertion direction that corrects the deviation cannot be obtained.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,624,488 U.S. Pat. No. 4,795,200 WO2004 / 109133

本発明は、シール面の先端側に非接触領域を有し、従ってリップ部が比較的長い鋼管用ねじ継手に見られる上記の問題点を解決することを課題とする。
本発明者らは、上記特許文献３に記載された鋼管用ねじ継手をベースにさらに検討を重ねた結果、ピンのシール面より先端側の非接触領域の全体を外径が一定の円筒面とするのではなく、その少なくともピン先端に隣接する部分を、シール面と実質的に同じ傾斜角度のテーパ面とすることにより、上記の問題点が全て解消されることを見出した。An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems found in a threaded joint for steel pipes having a non-contact region on the distal end side of the sealing surface and thus having a relatively long lip portion.
As a result of further studies based on the threaded joint for steel pipes described in Patent Document 3 above, the present inventors have determined that the entire non-contact region on the tip side of the seal surface of the pin is a cylindrical surface having a constant outer diameter. Instead, it has been found that all the above-mentioned problems can be solved by making at least the portion adjacent to the tip of the pin a tapered surface having substantially the same inclination angle as the sealing surface.

本発明は、ピンの先端に向かって奥から順に、雄ねじ、シール面および端面ショルダ面を有するピンと、該ピンの雄ねじ、シール面およびショルダ面にそれぞれ対応する雌ねじ、シール面およびショルダ面を有するボックスとから構成され、ねじがテーパねじであり、シール面もテーパ面である鋼管用ねじ継手において、ピンおよびボックスは、前記シール面とショルダ面との間の位置にピンとボックスの周面が互いに接触しない非接触領域を有し、ピンの非接触領域の少なくともピン先端に隣接する部分がシール面と実質的に同一傾斜角度のテーパ面部分であることを特徴とする鋼管用ねじ継手である。   The present invention relates to a pin having a male screw, a seal surface, and an end shoulder surface in order from the back toward the tip of the pin, and a box having a female screw, a seal surface, and a shoulder surface respectively corresponding to the male screw, the seal surface, and the shoulder surface of the pin. In the threaded joint for steel pipes in which the screw is a taper screw and the seal surface is also a taper surface, the pin and the box are in contact with each other at the position between the seal surface and the shoulder surface. The threaded joint for steel pipes has a non-contact area that is not formed, and at least a portion of the non-contact area of the pin adjacent to the tip of the pin is a tapered surface portion having substantially the same inclination angle as the seal surface.

ピンの非接触領域と対向するボックスの非接触領域は好ましくは、テーパ面部分を有していない実質的に円筒面である。「実質的に円筒面」とは、１°以内といったごくわずかな傾斜を許容し、かつ角が丸みづけのために切り取られてもよいことを意味する。ただし、ボックスの非接触領域の内面形状は、ピンの挿入を阻害せず、締付けた後もピンの非接触領域と接触しない限り、制限されない。例えば、ピン先端方向に向かって広がる逆テーパ形状、最初は逆テーパで途中から先細のテーパ形状に変化、などの多様な形状が可能である。ピンおよびボックスのショルダ面付近の内面は面取りされていてもよい。   The non-contact area of the box opposite the non-contact area of the pin is preferably a substantially cylindrical surface without a tapered surface portion. “Substantially cylindrical surface” means that a slight tilt, such as within 1 °, is allowed and the corners may be cut off for rounding. However, the inner shape of the non-contact area of the box is not limited as long as it does not hinder the insertion of the pin and does not contact the non-contact area of the pin even after tightening. For example, various shapes such as a reverse taper shape expanding toward the pin tip direction, a reverse taper at first, and a taper taper shape changing from the middle are possible. The inner surface near the shoulder surface of the pin and box may be chamfered.

ピンの前記非接触領域は、好ましくはシール面に近い側の円筒面部分とピン先端（すなわち、端面ショルダ面）に隣接するテーパ面部分とから構成される。その場合、ピン先端に向かって外径が漸減する非接触領域のテーパ面部分は、(1)非接触領域の円筒面部分のピン先端側の端部からピン先端に向かって外径が漸減することにより形成されていてもよく、或いは(2)円筒面部分のピン先端側の端部からピン先端に向かって外径が拡大し、拡大した外径から外径が漸減することにより形成されていてもよい。(1)では円筒面部分とテーパ面部分が連続しているのに対し、(2)では、円筒面部分とテーパ面部分との間でピンの外径が一旦拡大し、それによりピン先端部を肉厚が増大して***部が形成される。以下では、(1)のテーパ面部分を単純円錐台形、(2)のテーパ面部分を矢先円錐台形と称することもある。(2)の矢先円錐台形のテーパ面では、ねじ継手を締付けた状態で、ピンの非接触領域のテーパ面部分の最大外径（***部の最大外径）とこれに対向する位置のボックスの非接触領域の内径との差が０.２〜０.４ｍｍであることが好ましい。   The non-contact region of the pin is preferably composed of a cylindrical surface portion on the side close to the sealing surface and a tapered surface portion adjacent to the tip of the pin (that is, the end shoulder surface). In that case, the tapered surface portion of the non-contact region where the outer diameter gradually decreases toward the pin tip (1) The outer diameter gradually decreases from the end on the pin tip side of the cylindrical surface portion of the non-contact region toward the pin tip. (2) It is formed by increasing the outer diameter from the end on the pin tip side of the cylindrical surface portion toward the pin tip, and gradually decreasing the outer diameter from the enlarged outer diameter. May be. In (1), the cylindrical surface portion and the tapered surface portion are continuous, whereas in (2), the outer diameter of the pin is temporarily increased between the cylindrical surface portion and the tapered surface portion, thereby the pin tip portion. The wall thickness is increased to form a raised portion. Hereinafter, the tapered surface portion of (1) may be referred to as a simple truncated cone and the tapered surface portion of (2) may be referred to as an arrowhead truncated cone. In the tapered surface of the frustoconical head of (2), with the threaded joint tightened, the maximum outer diameter of the taper surface portion of the non-contact area of the pin (maximum outer diameter of the raised portion) and the box facing the box The difference from the inner diameter of the non-contact region is preferably 0.2 to 0.4 mm.

非接触領域に円筒面部分を設けず、非接触領域の全体をテーパ面とすることも可能である。但し、その場合には、ピンの端面ショルダ面の面積が過度に小さくならないように、非接触領域の軸方向長さを短くすることが好ましく、またピンの非接触領域の形状は前記の矢先円錐台型とすることが好ましい。   It is also possible not to provide the cylindrical surface portion in the non-contact area, and to make the entire non-contact area a tapered surface. However, in that case, it is preferable to shorten the axial length of the non-contact region so that the area of the shoulder surface of the pin end surface does not become excessively small, and the shape of the non-contact region of the pin is the aforementioned tip cone. A trapezoid is preferable.

テーパ面とは、管軸に対して傾斜した直線を、管軸を中心として回転させることにより生ずる面のことであり、この傾斜直線と管軸との間の角度（すなわち、管軸方向の断面においてテーパ面が管軸となす角度）がテーパ面の傾斜角度である。シール面と非接触領域のテーパ面とが実質的に同じ傾斜角度であるということは、傾斜角度が相違する場合の傾斜角度の差が、傾斜角度が小さい方のテーパ面の傾斜角度の５％以内程度であることを意味する。当然、加工公差として±０.５°以内の差は許容される。ピンのシール面及び非接触領域のテーパ面の傾斜角度は２.５〜２５°の範囲とすることが好ましい。   The taper surface is a surface generated by rotating a straight line inclined with respect to the tube axis around the tube axis, and an angle between the inclined straight line and the tube axis (that is, a cross section in the tube axis direction). (The angle formed by the taper surface with the tube axis) is the inclination angle of the taper surface. The fact that the sealing surface and the tapered surface of the non-contact region have substantially the same inclination angle means that the difference in inclination angle when the inclination angles are different is 5% of the inclination angle of the tapered surface with the smaller inclination angle. It means that it is within. Naturally, a difference within ± 0.5 ° as a processing tolerance is allowed. The inclination angle of the sealing surface of the pin and the tapered surface of the non-contact region is preferably in the range of 2.5 to 25 °.

本発明の鋼管用ねじ継手は、ピンのシール面より先端側の外周面に非接触領域を設けることにより、上記特許文献３に記載された鋼管用ねじ継手と同様に、ピンのシール面周辺の縮径変形に対する剛性が高く、ねじ継手に内圧または外圧がかかった状態で引張または圧縮荷重が負荷されても、ピン先端の非接触領域の部分で応力を引き受けることができるため、荷重負荷時のシール性能および耐圧縮性が改善される。   The threaded joint for steel pipes of the present invention provides a non-contact region on the outer peripheral surface on the tip side from the sealing surface of the pin, so that the threaded joint for the steel pipe described in Patent Document 3 is around the sealing surface of the pin. Even when a tensile or compressive load is applied while internal or external pressure is applied to the threaded joint, stress can be assumed in the non-contact area of the pin tip. Sealing performance and compression resistance are improved.

さらに、非接触領域の少なくともピン先端に隣接する一部を、シール面と実質的に同じ傾斜角度を持つテーパ面とすることにより、ピンの挿入時にピンの先端部分の外周面がボックスのシール面と接触しても、両者とも、同じ傾斜角度のテーパ面であるため、接触が面接触となって、ボックスのシール面の局部的な著しい損傷（例、凹み）が避けられ、シール面の気密性が保持される。   Further, by forming at least a part of the non-contact area adjacent to the pin tip as a tapered surface having substantially the same inclination angle as the seal surface, the outer peripheral surface of the pin tip portion is inserted into the seal surface of the box when the pin is inserted. Since both are tapered surfaces with the same angle of inclination, contact is a surface contact, avoiding significant local damage (eg, dents) on the sealing surface of the box, and airtightness of the sealing surface Sex is preserved.

また、ねじ継手の移送などの取扱い中や締付け時にピン先端が他の物体（例、ボックス）と接触または衝突した時の衝撃によりピン先端が変形して膨らんでも、ピン先端位置でのピンとボックスとの半径方向の隙間が十分に大きいため、ピン先端の変形による締付けの阻害が防止される。そのため、ピン先端の変形が起こっても、ピンとボックスのショルダ面同士が当接し、かつそれらのシール面同士が干渉して十分なシール性を発揮できるまで、ねじ継手を完全に締付けることが可能となる。   In addition, even if the pin tip contacts or collides with another object (eg, box) during handling such as transferring a threaded joint or tightening, the pin and box at the pin tip position Since the gap in the radial direction is sufficiently large, hindrance to tightening due to deformation of the pin tip is prevented. Therefore, even if the tip of the pin is deformed, it is possible to completely tighten the threaded joint until the shoulder surfaces of the pin and the box come into contact with each other and the seal surfaces can interfere with each other to provide sufficient sealing performance. Become.

特に、非接触領域の円筒面部分とテーパ面部分との間でピンの外径を拡大させた矢先円錐台形のテーパ面を持つピンでは、変形により膨らんだピン先端の外径が、テーパ面部分の最大外径（すなわち、拡大により***した部分の外径）より小さければ、ねじ継手の完全な締付けを確実に達成することができる。これにより、ピン先端が変形した場合の締結の可否を容易に判定することができるようになる。   In particular, in the pin having a truncated cone-shaped tapered surface in which the outer diameter of the pin is enlarged between the cylindrical surface portion and the tapered surface portion of the non-contact area, the outer diameter of the pin tip swelled by deformation is the tapered surface portion. If it is smaller than the maximum outer diameter (that is, the outer diameter of the portion raised by enlargement), it is possible to reliably achieve complete tightening of the threaded joint. Thereby, it becomes possible to easily determine whether or not fastening is possible when the tip of the pin is deformed.

また、ピンおよびボックスのシール面と同じ傾斜角度を持つピンの非接触領域のテーパ面がピンの先端に存在することにより、ねじ継手の締結時にピンをボックスに挿入する際にボックス内面と最初に接触することになるピン先端のテーパ面がガイドとして作用し、ピンとボックスの芯合わせが容易となる。すなわち、ピンの挿入途中でピン先端の非接触領域のテーパ面がボックス内面のシール面に接触すると、両者の傾斜角度が同じであることから、ピンとボックスの軸方向が同一方向に整合したままの状態で締付けが進行することが助長される。その結果、ねじ継手の気密保持機構にとって最重要部であるシール面にピン先端部が衝突してこのシール面を損傷する危険性が最小限となる。   In addition, the taper surface of the non-contact area of the pin with the same inclination angle as the pin and the seal surface of the box is present at the tip of the pin, so that when inserting the pin into the box when fastening the screw joint, The tapered surface of the pin tip that comes into contact acts as a guide, and the centering of the pin and the box becomes easy. That is, when the taper surface of the non-contact area at the tip of the pin contacts the seal surface of the inner surface of the box during the insertion of the pin, the inclination angle of both is the same, so the axial direction of the pin and the box remains aligned in the same direction. It is encouraged that the tightening proceeds in the state. As a result, the risk that the tip of the pin collides with the seal surface, which is the most important part for the hermetic holding mechanism of the threaded joint, to damage the seal surface is minimized.

さらに、非接触領域の円筒面部分とテーパ面部分との間でピンの外径を拡大させた矢先円錐台形のテーパ面を持つピンでは、***したテーパ面部分の最大外径と相対するボックス内面との半径方向隙間を適正な値（０.２〜０.４ｍｍ）とすることにより、このピンの***部が極めて精密な嵌め合いガイドとなり、ねじ継手の締結時のピンとボックスの軸方向が一致した芯合わせを安定して容易に達成することができる。   Furthermore, in the case of a pin having a truncated cone-shaped tapered surface in which the outer diameter of the pin is enlarged between the cylindrical surface portion and the tapered surface portion of the non-contact region, the inner surface of the box is opposed to the maximum outer diameter of the raised tapered surface portion. By setting the clearance in the radial direction to an appropriate value (0.2 to 0.4 mm), the raised portion of this pin becomes a very precise fitting guide, and the axial direction of the pin and the box when the screw joint is fastened is the same The center alignment can be achieved stably and easily.

本発明の鋼管用ねじ継手は、特にピンの衝突による変形や芯ずれが起こり易く、締付けが難しい傾斜位置や水平位置で使用されるねじ継手に適用した場合であっても、ピンのボックスへの挿入や締付け作業が容易になる。   The threaded joint for steel pipes of the present invention is particularly prone to deformation and misalignment due to pin collision, and even when applied to a threaded joint used in an inclined position or a horizontal position where tightening is difficult, Insertion and tightening work becomes easy.

プレミアムジョイントと呼ばれる従来の一般的なカップリング方式の鋼管用ねじ継手の軸方向模式的説明図(Ａ)とピン先端付近の部分拡大図(Ｂ)であるIt is an axial schematic explanatory drawing (A) of the conventional general coupling type steel pipe thread joint called a premium joint, and a partial enlarged view (B) near the pin tip. リップ部に非接触領域を有する従来技術の鋼管用ねじ継手の軸方向模式的断面図である。It is a typical axial sectional view of the threaded joint for steel pipes of the prior art which has a non-contact field in a lip part. 図３(Ａ)は本発明に係る鋼管用ねじ継手の１態様の軸方向模式的断面図であり、図３(Ｂ)はこのねじ継手のピンの挿入時の状況を示す説明図、図３(Ｃ)はこのねじ継手のピンをその先端のテーパ面部分がボックスのシール面と接触する位置までボックス内に挿入した時の状況を示す説明図、図３(Ｄ)は、先端が変形したピンを使用して締付けた図３(Ａ)のねじ継手を示す説明図である。FIG. 3A is a schematic cross-sectional view in the axial direction of one embodiment of a threaded joint for steel pipes according to the present invention, and FIG. 3B is an explanatory view showing the situation at the time of inserting a pin of this threaded joint. (C) is an explanatory view showing the situation when the pin of this threaded joint is inserted into the box to the position where the tapered surface portion of the tip comes into contact with the seal surface of the box, and FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the threaded joint of FIG. 3 (A) fastened using the pin. 図４(Ａ)は本発明に係る鋼管用ねじ継手の別の態様の軸方向模式的断面図であり、図４(Ｂ)はこのねじ継手のピンの挿入時の状況を示す説明図、図４(Ｃ)はこのねじ継手のピンをその先端のテーパ面部分がボックスのシール面と接触する位置までボックス内に挿入した時の状況を示す説明図、図４(Ｄ)は、先端が変形したピンを使用して締付けた図４(Ａ)のねじ継手を示す説明図である。FIG. 4 (A) is an axial schematic cross-sectional view of another aspect of the threaded joint for steel pipes according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 (B) is an explanatory view showing the situation at the time of inserting the pin of this threaded joint. 4 (C) is an explanatory diagram showing the situation when the pin of this threaded joint is inserted into the box to a position where the tapered surface portion of the tip contacts the seal surface of the box, and FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the threaded joint of FIG. 4 (A) fastened using the pin which did it.

符号の説明Explanation of symbols

Ａ：テーパ面またはシール面の傾斜角度
Ｂ：非接触領域
１：ピン
２：ボックス
１１：雄ねじ
１２：リップ部
１３、２３：シール面
１４、２４：ショルダ面
１５：ノーズ部
１６、２６：内面面取り
１７：ピン非接触領域の円筒面部分
１８：ピン非接触領域のテーパ面部分
１８’：***部
１９：非接触領域の追加テーパ面
２１：雌ねじ
３２：ボックス円周グルーブ
３３：膨らみ変形A: Inclination angle of taper surface or seal surface B: Non-contact area 1: Pin 2: Box 11: Male screw 12: Lip portion 13, 23: Seal surface 14, 24: Shoulder surface 15: Nose portion 16, 26: Internal chamfer 17: Cylindrical surface portion of pin non-contact region 18: Tapered surface portion of pin non-contact region 18 ': Raised portion 19: Additional taper surface of non-contact region 21: Female screw 32: Box circumferential groove 33: Swelling deformation

以下に、本発明に係る鋼管用ねじ継手の実施態様について図面を参照しながら説明する。
図３(Ａ)は本発明に係る鋼管用ねじ継手の１態様のピンの先端に近い部分の略式軸方向断面図である。Below, the embodiment of the threaded joint for steel pipes concerning the present invention is described, referring to drawings.
FIG. 3 (A) is a schematic axial cross-sectional view of a portion near the tip of a pin of one aspect of a threaded joint for steel pipes according to the present invention.

このねじ継手は、ピン先端に向かって奥から順に、雄ねじ１１、シール面１３および端面ショルダ面１４を有するピン１と、該ピンの雄ねじ、シール面およびショルダ面にそれぞれ対応する（すなわちこれらと係合、干渉または当接する）雌ねじ２１、シール面２３およびショルダ面２４を有するボックス２とから構成される、プレミアムジョイント型の継手である。ピンのねじ部より先端側（シール面１３を含むピン先端部）がリップ部である。   The threaded joints correspond to the pin 1 having the male screw 11, the seal surface 13, and the end shoulder surface 14 in order from the back toward the tip of the pin, and the male screw, the seal surface, and the shoulder surface of the pin (that is, they are associated with these pins). A joint of a premium joint type composed of a box 2 having a female screw 21, a seal surface 23, and a shoulder surface 24). The tip side of the pin thread portion (the pin tip portion including the seal surface 13) is a lip portion.

ねじはテーパねじである。テーパねじとは、ねじ山が円錐の外面又は内面にあるねじを意味する。ピンのシール面１３は、ピン先端に向かって外径が漸減するテーパ面である。このテーパ面の管軸に対する傾斜角度をＡ（°）とする。当然、ボックスのシール面２３も同じ傾斜角度のテーパ面となっている。ボックスのシール面２３の内径に比べてピンのシール面１３の外径を僅かに大きくすることにより生ずるシール面の締め代（干渉量）により、ねじ継手を締付けた時の気密性が確保される。この締め代は通常は０.４〜１.２ｍｍ程度である。   The screw is a taper screw. By taper screw is meant a screw whose thread is on the outer or inner surface of a cone. The pin seal surface 13 is a tapered surface with an outer diameter gradually decreasing toward the tip of the pin. The inclination angle of the tapered surface with respect to the tube axis is A (°). Of course, the sealing surface 23 of the box is also a tapered surface with the same inclination angle. The tightness (interference amount) of the seal surface generated by slightly increasing the outer diameter of the pin seal surface 13 compared to the inner diameter of the box seal surface 23 ensures airtightness when the screw joint is tightened. . This tightening margin is usually about 0.4 to 1.2 mm.

図２に示した特許文献３に記載のねじ継手と同様に、ピンおよびボックスのシール面とショルダ面との間に、ピンとボックスが互いに接触しない非接触領域Ｂが存在する。そのため、図１に示した、ピンのシール面より先端側に非接触領域を持たない一般的なプレミアムジョイントに比べて、リップ部の長さは長くなる。   Similar to the threaded joint described in Patent Document 3 shown in FIG. 2, a non-contact region B where the pin and the box do not contact each other exists between the seal surface and the shoulder surface of the pin and the box. Therefore, the length of the lip portion is longer than that of a general premium joint shown in FIG. 1 that does not have a non-contact region on the tip side of the sealing surface of the pin.

図２に示した継手では、ピンの非接触領域は、シール面に隣接した部分に短いテーパ面部分（これはボックスから適当な隙間を持つ非接触領域を確保するのに必要）以外は、実質的に管軸方向全長にわたって円筒面、すなわち、管軸方向断面が管軸と平行、となっている。従って、非接触領域の両端部を除いて、非接触領域におけるボックスとピンの半径方向の隙間は一定である。   In the joint shown in FIG. 2, the non-contact area of the pin is substantially the same except for the short taper surface area adjacent to the sealing surface (this is necessary to ensure a non-contact area with a suitable clearance from the box). In particular, the cylindrical surface, that is, the cross section in the tube axis direction is parallel to the tube axis over the entire length in the tube axis direction. Accordingly, the radial gap between the box and the pin in the non-contact region is constant except for both ends of the non-contact region.

これに対し、本発明の鋼管用ねじ継手では、図３(Ａ)に示すように．ピンの非接触領域は、シール面に近い側の、外径が一定の円筒面部分１７と、ピン先端（端面ショルダ面）に隣接する、ピン先端に向かって外径が漸減するテーパ面部分１８とから構成される。ただし、図２と同様に、ボックスとピンとの間に適当な半径方向隙間を持つ非接触領域を確保するため、ピンの非接触領域は、ピンのシール面と非接触領域の円筒面部分との間に追加のテーパ面部分１９を有する。この追加のテーパ面部分１９は、ピンおよびボックスのシール面１３、２３と同じ傾斜角度のテーパ面とすることが好ましい。それにより、ピンのシール面１３と非接触領域の追加のテーパ面１９を機械加工で一度に形成することができ、加工コストが低減する。   In contrast, in the threaded joint for steel pipes of the present invention, as shown in FIG. The non-contact region of the pin includes a cylindrical surface portion 17 having a constant outer diameter on the side close to the seal surface and a tapered surface portion 18 adjacent to the pin tip (end shoulder surface) and having an outer diameter gradually decreasing toward the pin tip. It consists of. However, as in FIG. 2, in order to secure a non-contact area having an appropriate radial clearance between the box and the pin, the non-contact area of the pin is formed between the sealing surface of the pin and the cylindrical surface portion of the non-contact area. There is an additional tapered surface portion 19 in between. The additional tapered surface portion 19 is preferably a tapered surface having the same inclination angle as the pin and box sealing surfaces 13, 23. Thereby, the sealing surface 13 of the pin and the additional tapered surface 19 in the non-contact area can be formed at a time by machining, and the machining cost is reduced.

ボックスの非接触領域は、図２に示したねじ継手と同様に、シール面２３の端部からショルダ面２４までの全長にわたって実質的に円筒面とすることが好ましい。その結果、非接触領域Ｂにおけるピンとボックスの半径方向の隙間は、ピンの円筒面部分１７では一定であるが、そのテーパ面部分１８ではピン先端に向かって大きくなり、ピン先端では半径方向の隙間が最大となる。   The non-contact region of the box is preferably a substantially cylindrical surface over the entire length from the end of the seal surface 23 to the shoulder surface 24, as in the threaded joint shown in FIG. As a result, the radial clearance between the pin and the box in the non-contact region B is constant at the cylindrical surface portion 17 of the pin, but increases toward the tip of the pin at the tapered surface portion 18, and the radial clearance at the tip of the pin. Is the maximum.

図３(Ａ)に示した態様では、ピンの非接触領域において、テーパ面部分１８は、円筒面部分１７のピン先端側の端部からそのままピン先端に向かって外径が漸減することにより形成されている。このテーパ面部分の形状は単純円錐台形状である。ピンの非接触領域のテーパ面部分１８の傾斜角度Ａは、そのシール面１３の傾斜角度Ａと実質的に同じである。この傾斜角度Ａは、２.５〜２５°の範囲であることが好ましく、より好ましくは５〜１５°である。   In the mode shown in FIG. 3A, in the non-contact region of the pin, the tapered surface portion 18 is formed by gradually decreasing the outer diameter from the end portion of the cylindrical surface portion 17 toward the pin tip as it is. Has been. The shape of the tapered surface portion is a simple truncated cone shape. The inclination angle A of the tapered surface portion 18 in the non-contact region of the pin is substantially the same as the inclination angle A of the seal surface 13 thereof. The inclination angle A is preferably in the range of 2.5 to 25 °, more preferably 5 to 15 °.

図３(Ｂ)に示すように、ピンをボックスに挿入すると、ピン先端のリップ部はまずボックス先端のねじ部と接触する。この時に、図１に示す一般的なプレミアムジョイントのように、ピン先端にシール面が位置していると、ピンのシール面がボックスのねじの接触によって損傷する危険性がある。一方、本発明のねじ継手では、ピン先端部分は、シール面と同じ傾斜角度のテーパ面部分であるが、これはシール面ではなく、ボックスと接触しない部分であるので、仮にこのピン先端のテーパ面部分が損傷しても、ねじ継手の気密性は損なわれない。   As shown in FIG. 3B, when the pin is inserted into the box, the lip portion at the tip of the pin first comes into contact with the screw portion at the tip of the box. At this time, if the sealing surface is located at the tip of the pin as in the general premium joint shown in FIG. 1, there is a risk that the sealing surface of the pin may be damaged by the contact of the screw of the box. On the other hand, in the threaded joint of the present invention, the pin tip portion is a tapered surface portion having the same inclination angle as the seal surface, but this is not the seal surface and is a portion that does not contact the box. Even if the surface portion is damaged, the airtightness of the threaded joint is not impaired.

ピンがボックスの内部にさらに侵入すると、図３(Ｃ)に示すように、ピン先端のテーパ面部分がボックスのシール面に到達する。この時に、図示のように、ピン先端のテーパ面部分がボックスのシール面と接触しても、ボックスのシール面もピン先端のテーパ面部分と同じ傾斜角度のシール面であるため、ボックスシール面がとピン先端のテーパ面との接触が面接触となり、ボックスシール面の局部的な著しい損傷が避けられ、ボックスシール面のピン先端部との接触によるねじ継手の気密性の低下が防止される。   When the pin further enters the inside of the box, as shown in FIG. 3C, the tapered surface portion at the tip of the pin reaches the sealing surface of the box. At this time, as shown in the figure, even if the taper surface portion of the pin tip contacts the seal surface of the box, the box seal surface is the same as the taper surface portion of the pin tip. The contact with the taper surface at the tip of the pin becomes a surface contact, so that significant local damage to the box seal surface is avoided, and deterioration of the airtightness of the screw joint due to contact with the pin tip of the box seal surface is prevented. .

また、ピンの先端部分がボックスのシール面と面接触することにより、ピンとボックスの管軸方向が一致し、容易に芯合わせの状態でピンのその後の締付けを行うことができる。すなわち、ピン先端のテーパ面部分は、ボックスのシール面と接触した時にもピンの挿入方向を適正方向に保持するガイドの役割を果たす。   Further, since the tip portion of the pin comes into surface contact with the seal surface of the box, the tube axis directions of the pin and the box coincide with each other, and the subsequent tightening of the pin can be easily performed in the center alignment state. That is, the taper surface portion at the tip of the pin serves as a guide for holding the insertion direction of the pin in an appropriate direction even when contacting the seal surface of the box.

ピンの先端のテーパ面がボックスのシール面と接触する位置に達した時、図３(Ｃ)に示すように、最もピン先端に近いピンの雄ねじ（この雄ねじは、図示のように雌ねじと螺合しない不完全ねじであってもよい）がボックスの雌ねじと接触した状態となることが好ましい。それにより、ピン先端のテーパ面部分とボックスシール面との面接触により達成される芯合わせの状態を確実に保持したまま、ねじ継手の締付けが進むので、締付けがさらに容易となる。   When the taper surface at the tip of the pin reaches a position where it contacts the seal surface of the box, as shown in FIG. 3C, the male screw of the pin closest to the pin tip (this male screw is connected to the female screw and the screw as shown). It is preferable that the incomplete screw which does not match is in contact with the female screw of the box. As a result, the threaded joint is tightened while the centering state achieved by the surface contact between the taper surface portion of the pin tip and the box seal surface is securely held, so that the tightening is further facilitated.

ピンの先端部分は鋼管用ねじ継手において肉厚が最も小さい部分である。特に、図示のように、ピン先端の内面側も面取りによりテーパ面とした場合には、ピン先端の肉厚はさらに小さくなる。このピン先端の内面の面取りは、ピンとボックスのショルダ面同士を当接させた時に段差ができて、継手内部を流れる流体に乱流を生じ、それにより継手内面がエロージョンによる損傷を受けるのを防止するために設けられるものである。その場合には、ボックス側のショルダ面近傍の内面にも同様の面取りが施される。   The tip portion of the pin is the smallest thickness portion in the threaded joint for steel pipes. In particular, as shown in the figure, when the inner surface side of the tip of the pin is also tapered by chamfering, the thickness of the tip of the pin is further reduced. This chamfering of the inner surface of the pin tip creates a step when the shoulder surfaces of the pin and the box are brought into contact with each other, creating a turbulent flow in the fluid flowing inside the joint, thereby preventing the inner surface of the joint from being damaged by erosion. It is provided to do. In that case, the same chamfering is performed on the inner surface in the vicinity of the shoulder surface on the box side.

ところが、ピンをボックスに挿入する際に、ピンの端面ショルダ面は、例えば、挿入前にボックス先端の端面と接触するか、或いは使用までの保管または輸送時の取扱い中に他の物体と接触または衝突して、衝撃、特に軸方向の衝撃を受けることがある。ピンの先端部分は肉厚が小さいため、その端面ショルダ面が軸方向の衝撃を受けると、ピン先端部が塑性変形して潰れてしまい、図３(Ｄ)に点線の円で囲んで示すように、ピン先端が膨らんだ変形（膨らみ３３）を生ずることがある。   However, when the pin is inserted into the box, the shoulder surface of the end surface of the pin contacts, for example, the end surface of the box tip before insertion, or contacts with other objects during storage before use or handling during transportation. Collisions can cause impacts, particularly axial impacts. Since the tip end portion of the pin is small in thickness, if the end shoulder surface receives an impact in the axial direction, the tip end portion of the pin is plastically deformed and crushed. As shown in FIG. In addition, deformation (bulging 33) in which the tip of the pin swells may occur.

このような膨らみを生ずるようにピン先端が変形しても、図３(Ｄ)に示すように、本発明では、ピン先端におけるピンとボックスとの半径方向の隙間は、膨らみを収容するのに十分な大きさとすることができるので、ねじ継手の締付けを最後まで行うことができる。また、ピン先端の膨らみ（変形量）がそれほど大きくなければ（具体的には、ボックスの非接触領域の相対する面に接触しない範囲であれば）、変形があってもピンとボックスのシール面が完全に干渉するように締付けを行うことができるので、ねじ継手の気密性（シール性能）への悪影響も生じない。換言すると、ピン先端の変形がある程度まで許容されるので、ピンが変形しても、新たなピンに交換することなくねじ継手の締付けを続行できるので、コスト削減効果が極めて大きい。   Even if the tip of the pin is deformed to cause such a bulge, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3 (D), the radial gap between the pin and the box at the tip of the pin is sufficient to accommodate the bulge. Therefore, the screw joint can be tightened to the end. If the bulge (deformation amount) of the pin tip is not so large (specifically, as long as it does not come into contact with the opposing surface of the non-contact area of the box), the pin and the sealing surface of the box will not Since the tightening can be performed so as to completely interfere, there is no adverse effect on the hermeticity (sealing performance) of the threaded joint. In other words, the deformation of the tip of the pin is allowed to some extent, and even if the pin is deformed, the screw joint can be continuously tightened without being replaced with a new pin, so that the cost reduction effect is extremely large.

図４(Ａ)は、本発明に係る鋼管用ねじ継手の別の態様のピンの先端に近い部分の略式軸方向断面図である。
図４(Ａ)に示した鋼管用ねじ継手は、ピン１のシール面１３より先端側がボックスと接触しない非接触領域となっていて、このピン１の非接触領域が、シール面側の円筒面部分１７とそれより先端側の端面ショルダ面まで続くテーパ面部分１８とを有する点では、図３(Ａ)に示した第１の態様のねじ継手と同じである。また、ピンの非接触領域以外の部分、例えば、ねじ部１１、２１、シール面１３，２３、ショルダ面１４，２４、任意に設けてもよい内面面取り部１６、２６などは、第１の態様のねじ継手と基本的に同じである。非接触領域Ｂのボックス側の内面形状も、図３(Ａ)と同様に、実質的に全長にわたって円筒面からなる。FIG. 4 (A) is a schematic axial cross-sectional view of a portion near the tip of a pin of another embodiment of the threaded joint for steel pipes according to the present invention.
The threaded joint for steel pipe shown in FIG. 4 (A) has a non-contact area where the tip side from the seal surface 13 of the pin 1 does not contact the box, and the non-contact area of the pin 1 is a cylindrical surface on the seal surface side. In the point which has the part 17 and the taper surface part 18 which continues to the end surface shoulder surface of the front end side from it, it is the same as the screw joint of the 1st aspect shown to FIG. 3 (A). Further, the portions other than the non-contact area of the pin, for example, the threaded portions 11 and 21, the seal surfaces 13 and 23, the shoulder surfaces 14 and 24, the inner chamfered portions 16 and 26 that may be optionally provided, and the like are the first mode. This is basically the same as the threaded joint. The shape of the inner surface of the non-contact region B on the box side is substantially a cylindrical surface over the entire length, as in FIG.

図４(Ａ)に示した第２の態様のねじ継手が図３(Ａ)に示した第１の態様のねじ継手と異なるのは、ピン１の非接触領域において、円筒面部分１７のピン先端側の端部からピン先端に向かって一旦外径が拡大して***部１８’となり、この***部から外径が漸減することによってピン先端側のテーパ面部分１８が形成されている点である。ピンの非接触領域のテーパ面１８の傾斜角度はピンのシール面１３の傾斜角度と実質的に同じである。***部１８’は、ねじ継手を締付けた状態で、ボックスの非接触領域の相対する面と接触しないような高さとする。好ましくは、***部１８’の高さ、すなわち、ピンの非接触領域のテーパ面部分の最大外径（図４(Ｄ)にφａで示す）は、ピンとボックスを締付けた状態で、ボックスの非接触領域の相対する面との間の隙間が０.２〜０.４ｍｍの範囲となるような大きさとする。   The screw joint of the second embodiment shown in FIG. 4 (A) is different from the screw joint of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 3 (A) in the pin 1 of the cylindrical surface portion 17 in the non-contact region of the pin 1. The outer diameter is once enlarged from the end on the tip side toward the tip of the pin to form a raised portion 18 ′, and the tapered surface portion 18 on the pin tip side is formed by gradually decreasing the outer diameter from the raised portion. is there. The inclination angle of the taper surface 18 in the non-contact region of the pin is substantially the same as the inclination angle of the seal surface 13 of the pin. The raised portion 18 ′ has such a height that it does not come into contact with the opposing surface of the non-contact area of the box when the threaded joint is tightened. Preferably, the height of the raised portion 18 ′, that is, the maximum outer diameter (indicated by φa in FIG. 4 (D)) of the tapered surface portion of the non-contact region of the pin, The size of the gap between the contact areas and the opposing surfaces is in the range of 0.2 to 0.4 mm.

第２の態様のねじ継手では、ピンのテーパ面部分１８の肉厚が、***部を持たない図３(Ａ)に示す第１の態様に比べて大きくなり、ピン１の端面ショルダ面１４の面積も大きくなる。それにより、リップ部の剛性と端面ショルダ面の耐圧縮性が高まり、締付け時により大きな圧縮荷重に耐えることができ、ピン先端がボックス先端や他の物体と接触または衝突した時の塑性変形も起こりにくくなる。   In the threaded joint of the second mode, the thickness of the tapered surface portion 18 of the pin is larger than that of the first mode shown in FIG. The area also increases. This increases the rigidity of the lip and the compression resistance of the shoulder surface of the end face, can withstand larger compressive loads during tightening, and plastic deformation occurs when the pin tip contacts or collides with the box tip or other objects. It becomes difficult.

このようにシール面と同じ傾斜角度をもつ、ピンの非接触領域のテーパ面部分１８を***部１８’から開始することによる効果は、上述したピン先端の肉厚が大きくなることによる耐圧縮性や剛性の向上だけではなく、次に述べるように、他にも重要ないくつかの効果が得られる。   Thus, the effect of starting the tapered surface portion 18 of the non-contact region of the pin having the same inclination angle as the seal surface from the raised portion 18 'is the compression resistance due to the increase in the thickness of the pin tip described above. In addition to the improvement in rigidity, several other important effects can be obtained as described below.

まず、図４(Ｂ)に示すように、ピンの挿入を開始した時に、ピン先端のテーパ面部分がボックスの雌ねじと接触し、次いで同じ傾斜角度を持つボックスのシール面と接触することで、第１の態様について述べたのと同様に、ボックスのシール面がピンの先端で損傷することが防止され、さらにピンとボックスの芯合わせが容易となる。特に、***したテーパ面部分の最大外径と相対するボックス内面との半径方向隙間を０.２〜０.４ｍｍの適正値とすることにより、このピンの***部が極めて精密な嵌め合いガイドとなり、ねじ継手の締結時のピンとボックスの軸方向が一致した芯合わせを安定して容易に達成することができる。   First, as shown in FIG. 4 (B), when the insertion of the pin is started, the tapered surface portion of the pin tip comes into contact with the female screw of the box, and then comes into contact with the sealing surface of the box having the same inclination angle. As described in the first aspect, the seal surface of the box is prevented from being damaged at the tip of the pin, and the centering of the pin and the box is facilitated. In particular, by setting the radial clearance between the maximum outer diameter of the raised taper portion and the inner surface of the box opposite to an appropriate value of 0.2 to 0.4 mm, the raised portion of this pin becomes an extremely precise fitting guide. In addition, it is possible to stably and easily achieve centering in which the axial directions of the pin and the box coincide when the screw joint is fastened.

第１の態様に比べて、第２の態様では、ピン先端がより大径のテーパ面部分であるため、ピン先端のテーパ面部分がボックス内面に接触した時に、ピンのテーパ面部分より内部ではピンとボックスの離間距離がより大きくなる。そのため、ボックスのシール面がピン先端と接触する可能性は非常に小さくなり、ピンの挿入角度が管軸方向からかなりずれても、ボックスのシール面がピン先端で損傷を受ける危険性は解消される。   Compared to the first aspect, in the second aspect, the tip of the pin is a taper surface portion having a larger diameter. The distance between the pin and the box becomes larger. Therefore, the possibility that the seal surface of the box will come into contact with the pin tip is very small, and even if the pin insertion angle deviates considerably from the tube axis direction, the risk of damage to the seal surface of the box at the pin tip is eliminated. The

ピンがボックスの内部にさらに侵入すると、ピン先端のテーパ面部分がボックスのシール面に到達する。やはり、第１の態様について述べたように、ピン先端のテーパ面部分がボックスのシール面と接触した時に、ボックスのシール面もピン先端のテーパ面部分と同じ傾斜角度のシール面であるため、ボックスシール面とピン先端のテーパ面との接触が面接触となり、ボックスシール面の局部的な著しい損傷が避けられ、それによりボックスのシール面のピン先端との接触によるねじ継手の気密性の低下が防止される。   When the pin further enters the inside of the box, the tapered surface portion of the pin tip reaches the sealing surface of the box. Again, as described in the first aspect, when the taper surface portion of the pin tip comes into contact with the seal surface of the box, the seal surface of the box is also a seal surface having the same inclination angle as the taper surface portion of the pin tip. Contact between the box seal surface and the taper surface of the pin tip becomes surface contact, so that significant local damage to the box seal surface is avoided, thereby reducing the airtightness of the screw joint due to contact with the pin tip of the box seal surface. Is prevented.

また、ピンの先端部分がボックスのシール面と面接触することにより、ピンとボックスの管軸方向が一致し、容易に芯合わせの状態でピンのその後の締付けを行うことができ、ピン先端のテーパ面部分はボックスのシール面と面接触することでも、ピンの挿入方向を適正方向に保持するガイドの役割を果たす。   In addition, since the tip of the pin comes into surface contact with the seal surface of the box, the tube axis direction of the pin and the box match, and the pin can be easily tightened in the centered state. Even if the surface portion is in surface contact with the seal surface of the box, it serves as a guide for maintaining the pin insertion direction in an appropriate direction.

ピンの先端のテーパ面がボックスのシール面と接触する位置に達した時、図４(Ｃ)に示すように、最もピン先端側に位置するピンの雄ねじ（この雄ねじは、図示のように雌ねじと螺合しない不完全ねじであってもよい）がボックスの雌ねじと接触した状態となることが好ましい。それにより、ピン先端のテーパ面部分とボックスシール面との面接触により達成される芯合わせの状態を各自に保持したまま、ねじ継手の締付けが進むので、締付けがさらに容易となる。   When the taper surface at the tip of the pin reaches a position where it contacts the seal surface of the box, as shown in FIG. 4C, the male screw of the pin located closest to the pin tip (this male screw is a female screw as shown) It is preferable that the incomplete screw that does not screw with the inner screw is in contact with the female screw of the box. As a result, tightening of the threaded joint proceeds while maintaining the centering state achieved by the surface contact between the tapered surface portion of the pin tip and the box seal surface, so that the tightening is further facilitated.

第２の態様ではピン先端の肉厚が増大するが、それでも、特にピン先端の内面に面取りを施して端面ショルダ面の面積が小さくなった場合には、ピンの端面ショルダ面が、ボックス先端の端面や他の部材と接触または衝突して、特に軸方向の衝撃を受けた場合に、ピン先端部が塑性変形して潰れ、図４(Ｄ)に示すように、ピン先端部に膨らみ３３を生ずることがある。但し、同じ条件では、第１の態様より膨らみは小さくなるであろう。   In the second mode, the thickness of the tip of the pin increases, but even if the inner surface of the tip of the pin is chamfered to reduce the area of the end shoulder surface, the end shoulder surface of the pin is When contacting or colliding with the end face or other member and receiving an impact in the axial direction in particular, the tip of the pin is plastically deformed and crushed. As shown in FIG. 4D, a bulge 33 is formed at the tip of the pin. May occur. However, under the same conditions, the bulge will be smaller than in the first embodiment.

このような膨らみを生ずるようにピン先端が変形しても、図４(Ｄ)に示すように、ピン先端におけるピンとボックスとの半径方向の隙間は、膨らみを収容するのに十分な大きさとすることができるので、ねじ継手の締付けを最後まで行うことができる。第１の態様に比べて、ピン先端でのピンとボックスとの半径方向の隙間は、***の分だけ小さくなるが、ピン先端の剛性が高まることで変形量も小さくなるので、想定される衝撃によるピン先端の変形に十分に対応できる。   Even if the tip of the pin is deformed so as to cause such a bulge, as shown in FIG. 4D, the radial gap between the pin and the box at the tip of the pin is made large enough to accommodate the bulge. Therefore, the screw joint can be tightened to the end. Compared to the first aspect, the radial gap between the pin and the box at the tip of the pin is reduced by the amount of the protrusion, but the amount of deformation is also reduced by increasing the rigidity of the tip of the pin. It can cope with the deformation of the pin tip.

この場合、図４(Ｄ)に示すように、ピン先端の変形した後の外径φｂが、ピンの非接触領域のテーパ面部分の最大外径φａより小さければ、ピン先端の変形があっても、支障なくねじ継手の締付けが可能となる。従って、ピンの非接触領域に設けた***部の最大外径φａが衝撃によるピン変形部の外径φより大きいか否かで、締結が可能であるか否かを簡単に判定できる。φａ＞φｂであれば、図４(Ｄ)に示すように、ピンとボックスのシール面が完全に干渉するように締付けを行うことができ、ねじ継手の気密性が確保される。φａ＜φｂの場合には、ピン先端の変形がシール面の気密性を阻害するので、新たなピンと交換する。   In this case, as shown in FIG. 4D, if the outer diameter φb after the pin tip is deformed is smaller than the maximum outer diameter φa of the tapered surface portion of the non-contact region of the pin, the pin tip is deformed. However, the screw joint can be tightened without any trouble. Therefore, whether or not fastening is possible can be easily determined based on whether or not the maximum outer diameter φa of the raised portion provided in the non-contact region of the pin is larger than the outer diameter φ of the pin deformed portion due to impact. If φa> φb, as shown in FIG. 4D, tightening can be performed so that the seal surface of the pin and the box completely interfere, and the airtightness of the threaded joint is ensured. In the case of φa <φb, the deformation of the pin tip inhibits the airtightness of the seal surface, so it is replaced with a new pin.

ピンの非接触領域ならびにその円筒面部分およびテーパ面部分の長さは特に制限されないが、非接触領域とシール面とを合わせたリップ部の長さが８〜２０ｍｍであることが好ましい。目安として、非接触領域の長さは約７〜１４ｍｍ、円筒面部分の長さが約５〜８ｍｍ、ピン先端に隣接するテーパ面部分の長さは２〜６ｍｍである。リップ部の剛性を十分なものとするには、ピン先端の肉厚を４ｍｍ以上とすることが好ましい。   The length of the non-contact region of the pin and the cylindrical surface portion and the tapered surface portion thereof is not particularly limited, but the length of the lip portion including the non-contact region and the seal surface is preferably 8 to 20 mm. As a guide, the length of the non-contact region is about 7 to 14 mm, the length of the cylindrical surface portion is about 5 to 8 mm, and the length of the tapered surface portion adjacent to the tip of the pin is 2 to 6 mm. In order to make the lip portion sufficiently rigid, the thickness of the pin tip is preferably 4 mm or more.

ピンの端面ショルダ面１４と、圧縮荷重負荷時または締付け時にこのショルダ面が突き当たるボックスのショルダ面２４は、図３および図４に示すように、どちらも継手軸に垂直な面とすることができる。   As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, both the end shoulder surface 14 of the pin and the shoulder surface 24 of the box against which the shoulder surface abuts when a compression load is applied or tightened can be a surface perpendicular to the joint axis. .

上記以外の鋼管用ねじ継手の形状は、従来の鋼管用ねじ継手と同様でよい。
例えば、本発明の鋼管用ねじ継手のピンおよびボックスの雄ねじおよび雌ねじは、従来の一般的な鋼管用ねじ継手と同様のねじ形状を有するテーパねじ（例えば、ＡＰＩ規格のバットレスねじに代表される台形ねじ）でよい。鋼管用ねじ継手のテーパねじの形状（例、ねじの挿入面と荷重面の傾斜角、チャンファー、挿入面間隔、頂面と谷部の間隔、角の丸みずけの曲率半径）については、これまで多数の提案があり、そのいずれを採用してもよい。例えば、雄ねじおよび雌ねじの一方または両方の挿入面にチャンファーを設けることができる。The shape of the threaded joint for steel pipes other than the above may be the same as the conventional threaded joint for steel pipes.
For example, the male screw and female screw of the pin and box of the threaded joint for steel pipes of the present invention are tapered threads (for example, a trapezoid represented by an API standard buttress thread) having the same thread shape as a conventional threaded joint for steel pipes. Screw). About the shape of taper threads of threaded joints for steel pipes (eg, angle of inclination between screw insertion surface and load surface, chamfer, interval between insertion surfaces, space between top and valley, curvature radius of rounded corners) There have been many proposals so far, any of which may be adopted. For example, a chamfer can be provided on the insertion surface of one or both of the male screw and the female screw.

本発明に係る鋼管用ねじ継手のねじ部はテーパねじから構成される。テーパねじの各ねじ山の頂面および谷部は、テーパねじのテーパ傾斜面に平行にすることもできるが、継手軸方向に平行にする方が好ましい。こうすると、現地締結作業時に挿入角度ずれによるトラブルが低減する。   The thread part of the threaded joint for steel pipes according to the present invention is composed of a taper screw. The top surface and the valley portion of each thread of the taper screw can be made parallel to the taper inclined surface of the taper screw, but it is preferable to make it parallel to the joint axis direction. This reduces troubles caused by misalignment of the insertion angle during on-site fastening work.

雄ねじと雌ねじのすべてのねじ山が互いに噛み合う必要はない。図１(Ａ)に示すように、ボックスの雌ねじ部の継手軸方向長さをピンの雄ねじ部の継手軸方向長さより長くして、締付けた状態でボックス先端付近の雌ねじは雄ねじと噛み合わない非係合状態とすることができる。それによりピンの挿入が容易となる。   It is not necessary for all threads of male and female threads to mesh with each other. As shown in FIG. 1 (A), when the length of the female screw portion of the box is made longer than the length of the joint axial direction of the male screw portion of the pin, the female screw near the tip of the box does not mesh with the male screw when tightened. It can be in an engaged state. This facilitates pin insertion.

また、図２〜４に示すように、雄ねじ１１が、ねじ側近傍の第１シール面部分にできるだけ近づくように延長する目的で、ボックスには円周グルーブ３２を設けて、ピンの先端側の雄ねじがボックスの第１シール面部分近傍の部分の雌ねじと噛み合わないようにしてもよい。それにより、リップの剛性が高まり、継手の耐圧縮性能が高まる。同じ目的で、スウェッジまたは肉盛り加工によって、ピンとボックスの肉厚をショルダ面に向かって厚肉化する（内径を漸減する）してもよい。   As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the box is provided with a circumferential groove 32 for the purpose of extending the male screw 11 as close as possible to the first seal surface portion in the vicinity of the screw side. The male screw may not be engaged with the female screw in the vicinity of the first seal surface portion of the box. Thereby, the rigidity of the lip increases and the compression resistance of the joint increases. For the same purpose, the wall thickness of the pin and the box may be increased toward the shoulder surface (the inner diameter is gradually decreased) by swaging or overlaying.

やはり図２〜４に示すように、ピンとボックスのショルダ面１４、２４の両側にチャンファー１６、２６を形成することが好ましい。こうすると、管継手の内面におけるピンとボックスの接合部の周囲の真円度が向上し、内部を流れる流体の乱流が防止される。   As is also shown in FIGS. 2-4, chamfers 16, 26 are preferably formed on both sides of the shoulder surfaces 14, 24 of the pin and box. This improves the roundness around the joint between the pin and the box on the inner surface of the pipe joint, and prevents turbulence of the fluid flowing inside.

以上に本発明を特定の態様について説明したが、説明は例示にすぎず、本発明はそれらに制限されるものではない。   Although the present invention has been described above with reference to specific embodiments, the description is merely illustrative, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

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ピンの先端に向かって奥から順に、雄ねじ、シール面および端面ショルダ面を有するピンと、該ピンの雄ねじ、シール面およびショルダ面にそれぞれ対応する雌ねじ、シール面およびショルダ面を有するボックスとから構成され、ねじがテーパねじであり、前記シール面もテーパ面である鋼管用ねじ継手において、
ピンおよびボックスは、前記シール面と前記ショルダ面との間の位置にピンとボックスの周面が互いに接触しない非接触領域を有し、ピンの非接触領域の少なくともピン先端に隣接する部分が前記シール面と実質的に同一傾斜角度のテーパ面部分であること
ピンの非接触領域に対向するボックスの非接触領域が実質的に円筒面からなること、
および
ピンの非接触領域が、シール面に近い側の円筒面部分とピン先端に隣接するテーパ面部分とから構成されること
を特徴とする、鋼管用ねじ継手。In order from the back toward the tip of the pin, the pin has a male screw, a seal surface and a shoulder surface, and a box having a female screw, a seal surface and a shoulder surface corresponding to the male screw, the seal surface and the shoulder surface of the pin, respectively. In the threaded joint for steel pipes, the screw is a taper screw, and the sealing surface is also a taper surface,
The pin and the box have a non-contact region where the peripheral surfaces of the pin and the box do not contact each other at a position between the seal surface and the shoulder surface, and at least a portion adjacent to the pin tip of the non-contact region of the pin is the seal The non-contact area of the box facing the non-contact area of the pin is substantially a cylindrical surface, being a tapered surface portion having substantially the same inclination angle as the surface;
And a non-contact region of the pin comprising a cylindrical surface portion near the seal surface and a tapered surface portion adjacent to the tip of the pin. 前記テーパ面部分が、前記円筒面部分のピン先端側の端部からピン先端に向かって外径が漸減することにより形成されている、請求項１に記載の鋼管用ねじ継手。  2. The threaded joint for steel pipes according to claim 1, wherein the tapered surface portion is formed by gradually decreasing an outer diameter from an end portion of the cylindrical surface portion on a pin distal end side toward the pin distal end. 前記円筒面部分のピン先端側の端部からピン先端に向かって外径が拡大し、前記テーパ面部分は、その拡大した外径から外径が漸減することにより形成されている、請求項１または２に記載の鋼管用ねじ継手。  2. The outer diameter of the cylindrical surface portion is increased from an end portion on the pin front end side toward the tip of the pin, and the tapered surface portion is formed by gradually decreasing the outer diameter from the expanded outer diameter. Or the threaded joint for steel pipes of 2. ピンの非接触領域のテーパ面部分の最大外径とこれに相対する位置でのボックスの非接触領域の内径との差が０．２〜０．４ｍｍである、請求項３に記載の鋼管用ねじ継手。  4. The steel pipe according to claim 3, wherein a difference between a maximum outer diameter of the tapered surface portion of the non-contact region of the pin and an inner diameter of the non-contact region of the box at a position opposite to the taper surface portion is 0.2 to 0.4 mm. Screw joint. ピンのシール面及び非接触領域のテーパ面の傾斜角度が２．５〜２５°の範囲である、請求項１〜４のいずれかに記載の鋼管用ねじ継手。  The threaded joint for steel pipes according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein an inclination angle of the sealing surface of the pin and the tapered surface of the non-contact region is in a range of 2.5 to 25 °. ピンおよびボックスのショルダ面の周囲の内周面が面取りされている、請求項１〜５のいずれかに記載の鋼管用ねじ継手。  The threaded joint for steel pipes according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein an inner peripheral surface around a shoulder surface of the pin and the box is chamfered.
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